recipe

Everyday

1. A recipe tells you what you need (the ingredients) and what to do (the method) to cook or bake something. tree →
2. A recipe for something is a way that leads to it: «a recipe for success», «a recipe for disaster». tree →

In the lessons

In maths: amounts of ingredients for a dish; problems double, halve or scale a recipe; fractions of cups. In science: following steps in order, measuring carefully. In everyday life: cookbooks, family recipes, recipes for a number of servings. In stories: a secret recipe.

Examples

• A recipe needs 2 cups of flour for 12 cookies. tree →
• She makes the recipe 3 times. tree →
• The recipe uses 3/4 cup of sugar. tree →
• How much flour for half the recipe? tree →
• Grandma's secret recipe for apple pie is in a little book. tree →
• Read the whole recipe before you start. tree →
• This recipe makes 8 pancakes. tree →
• Leaving your bike outside unlocked is a recipe for trouble. tree →

Note

A recipe gives amounts per batch, a rate: total = amount per recipe × number of recipes. Trap: when making more or fewer servings, every ingredient changes by the same factor. Spelling: recipe (three syllables: RES-i-pee). Do not confuse with receipt (a paper showing what you paid).